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Overcome Indigestion
By Shannon Sexton, Yoga+
It isn’t a pleasant scenario: your stomach is upset and it’s telling everyone in the room. You can apply your willpower and ignore it for a while (and hope that the people around you do the same), or you can pop a pill for temporary relief, but sooner or later indigestion will take its toll.
Why? Because, as ayurvedic expert Robert E. Svoboda explains, “Indigestion is the base of all physical disease, the condition from which all other conditions arise.” According to ayurveda, the key to good health is properly functioning agni, which in the form of digestive fire helps us assimilate nutrients and get rid of waste, or ama. Efficient digestion nourishes and sustains every tissue and organ in our bodies. When agni is balanced and strong, we’re blessed with:
• Efficient digestion
• Minimal toxic buildup
• Internal warmth
• Energy and vitality
• Clarity of mind
• Courage
• Robust health
But when agni is weak, digestion is incomplete and leaves behind toxins, which interfere with the flow of blood, lymph, and energy throughout the body. When we’re unable to rid ourselves of these wastes, ama accumulates and leads to disease. Warning signs include:
• Inefficient digestion (bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea)
• Evidence of toxic buildup (coated tongue, unpleasant body odor, excess mucus, and foul-smelling, cloudy urine)
• Internal coldness
• Low energy
• A dull, forgetful, confused, unfocused mind
• Mental/emotional weakness
• Illness
The truth is, most of us could use a digestive tune-up.
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Excellent article! I've been looking for natural ways to improve my digestion - since it appears that everything I eat upsets my system. I will be working in the evening, maybe past 7, but I've planned to take a light snack with me. Unfortunately, I will not be able to do the yoga exercises before I eat my evening meal, since I will be with students. I'm so happy that I've found a natural way to aid digestion without having to take the pink pills every night. I dislike taking them.
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Thanks for the useful information !!!
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Thanks for the article. Plan to put your tips to work.
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The nostril information is very interesting indeed. How do you clear the nostrils - for me right nostril is often not open. And you can guess why I read this article:-)) Thanks!
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what a gas
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whoops, sorry misread it--now I see the 7PM to 7am. That won't work for me though. If I'm up until midnight and I haven't eaten since 7pm, I often get a headache from low blood sugar and don't sleep well. The other stuff is good to know though. Thanks for the article!
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I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused. How do I fast daily for twelve hours (from 7am to 7pm) AND eat my biggest meal at noon? Is that supposed to read fast "weekly"?
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this article is so interesting and helpful
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Yes, thank you my husband suffer a lot with indigestion.
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